Industrial Designer

Job Description

Purpose:

Delta Faucet Company, one of the largest decorative plumbing products manufacturers in the world, is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our design team is an award-winning group providing creative direction and product portfolio management for an array of products in the kitchen and bathroom spaces.

It is a fun category to work within as you design products everybody interacts with in many ways multiple times a day, all while working with water as a design element. Whether it's the utility in the kitchen environment or the quiet retreat of the bathroom, water is essential. Have you ever really thought about how much water affects your daily life? Well, the products on which you'll be working truly have an impact on people's lives. You are never bored as we design this wide variety of products for our three brands of Brizo, Delta, Kraus and Peerless spanning entry level all the way up to the premium high-end, for both the retail, trade and e-Com channels.

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Responsibilities:

• Solving product related design and styling problems in creative, timely, and cost-effective ways across all brands, categories, and channels

• Preparing sketches, models, and renderings of innovative product designs

• Presenting ideas in a clear manner through visual, written, and verbal form

• Determining materials, construction, mechanisms, form, color, surface finish and manufacturing processes in cooperation with other business functions

• Participating in and conducting consumer/influencer research for new product development and advanced concepts projects leading you to product innovation

• Providing input to ID management to further define portfolio needs.

• Submitting and managing design patents

• Communicating with internal R&D and engineering staff, marketing teams, consumers, customers, and suppliers to properly execute design assignments.

• Presenting trends and products to customers and industry influencers

• Trendspotting and attending industry related tradeshows.

Education & Experience:

• BA/BS or BFA in Industrial Design or Furniture Design

• Minimum 0 to 2+ years of consumer product and/or furniture design experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience in translating user needs and research insights into great product concepts.

• Advanced sketching and rendering skills.

• Proficiency with 3D modeling computer systems (Creo, SolidWorks, etc.) is helpful, but not required.

• Knowledge of KeyShot, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator/InDesign is useful, but not a necessity.

Diversity & Inclusion:

At Delta Faucet Company, we view diversity as a mosaic of thoughts and perspectives that come from people's varied cultural backgrounds, experiences, education, career paths and other influences that make each of us unique. For us, inclusion means welcoming differing opinions, collaborating, allowing people to come to work as who they are and recognizing everyone's contributions. We know that in a diverse, inclusive company, ideas flow freely, all voices are heard, and all perspectives are valued. Delta Faucet Company continuously strives to be this kind of organization. Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) supports our inherent values, makes us more relevant to customers and consumers and inspires innovation. It is not a goal or a program; it is a vital ingredient in our formula for success and a key to our future growth.

Company: Delta Faucet Company

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Full time

Hiring Range: $46,700.00 - $73,370.00

Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.

Delta Faucet Company (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company's policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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